Tom Baker has been an inspiration to me for decades, but he should be an inspiration to everyone by now.
Early in his PBA Tour career in the 1970s, Baker had a powerful rolling ball, but a fall caused a broken right (bowling) wrist and forced him to develop his now famous spinner that carried him to a Hall of Fame career.
Because of my history of a broken bowling wrist as a kid and the subsequent operations and struggles I’ve experienced, Baker has long been an inspiration to me.
Now...